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January 17, 2020 03:10 pm
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/17/21070284/chrome-os-steam-support-linux-games
Google reportedly working on Steam support for Chromebooks
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Chrome OS may one day be able to play games from Steam. In an interview with Android Police, a Chrome OS product leader said that Google is working to allow Chromebooks to run Valve’s game platform, seemingly with help from Valve. No timeline was given on when support might arrive.
It’s an intriguing but odd announcement. Google has been focused on expanding Chrome OS’s capabilities over the last few years by allowing it to run native apps from Android, so that it’s not entirely reliant on the web. Adding Steam would push that even further, opening up Chromebooks to the hundreds of games that offer support for Linux, which Chrome OS is based on.
But Chromebooks are by and large low-power...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/17/21070284/chrome-os-steam-support-linux-games
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